Artist Profile: Robert Gibson Jones (1889 — 1969)


Originally born in Ohio, Robert Gibson Jones studied art at the Chicago Art School.  He worked in advertising through the 1920s before eventually doing his first pulp magazine cover in 1943.  He is best known for painting the covers of magazines like Amazing Stories, Amazing Adventures, and Mammoth Detective.

A small sampling of his work can be found below:

Amazing Adventures 1Amazing Sotires 2Amazing Stories 1Fantastic Adventure 2Fantastic Adventures 1Fantastic Adventures 3Fantastic Adventures 4Fantastic Adventures 5The Whispering Gorilla

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